Ballast-plow car.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY S. HART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RODGER BALLAST OAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BALLAST-PLOW CLAIR.

To 1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ITIARRY S. HART, .a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, --in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ballast-Plow Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ballast plow cars and has for its object to provide an improved car of this type by means of which a distribution of ballast deposited between the rails of a track may be facilitated.

To this end my invention consists in the combination and details hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the drawingsFigure l is a side elevation of a plow car having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the improvement on an enlarged scale. Fig. 8 is an end elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view.

A car framework 15 with the truck wheels 14 is shown in Fig. l standing on the rails 13. Just within the trucks at either end are the oppositely directed ballast plows 16 and 17. These are adapted to be raised and lowered as desired, and may rest on the rails 13. Only one of them would be in use at one time, depending on the direction in which the car was moving, and it would displace all the ballast above the level of the tops of the rails to the outsides thereof. But it is desirable to remove the ballast to a certain depth between the rails, and for this purpose I have provided the auxiliary ballast plow 18, shown at the center of Fig. 1 and in the other figures of the drawings. This auxiliary ballast plow 18 has the general shape of a diamond, as shown in Fig. 4, with three angle iron runners 19, 20 and 21 extending longitudinally on the under surface. It has a solid bottom 22 narrower than the space between the rails and thus constituting an intermediate portion adapted to go between and to extend below the upper surface of the rails. It also has lateral extensions 23 a little higher than the intermediate portion and adapted to go just above the rails when the intermediate portion is down between them. This structure is shown clearly in Fig. 3. This bottom 2223 consists of sheet metal supported by wooden planks. From the edges of this diamond shaped bot- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application .filed September 25, 1907.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 394,574.

tom, side walls 25 rise vertically between the rails, and side walls 26 rise from the lateral extensions 23.

The plow is provided with an interior framework consisting of a longitudinal timber 41 and side timbers 42, together with diagonal braces 50. Secured .to the central timber 41 are rods 48 extending upward through the car floor and serving to suspend the plow. At their upper ends the rods 48 are joined by a block 46 and a screw 47 provided wit-h a hand wheel engages a screw threaded aperture in the block 46, thus affording means whereby the plow may be raised and lowered. In order to guide the plow in its upward and downward movement I provide guides 43 secured at their upper ends to the under-frame of the car. These guides are illustrated as consisting of thin metal plates having a vertical member and an inclined brace integral therewith. Secured to the side timbers 42 of the plow are blocks 44 which slide in the guideways formed between the guides 43. In order to prevent the plow from being displaced sidewise, plates 45 are secured on either side of the blocks 44, said plates being wider than the blocks 44 and overlapping the faces of the guides 43. Links 27 secured to eye-bolts 28 fixed to the plow serve to secure the same firmly to the car body and the weight of the ends of the plow may be further supported by means of chains 52.

The operation of this device is obvious. The main ballast plows 16 and 17 remove the bulk of the ballast from above the top level of the rails and the auxiliary ballast plow pushes the ballast from between the rails to the sides, the lateral extensions 26 pushing the ballast clear 0H the rails to the 9 3. A 'ailway track ballast plow having a diamond shape, two opposite points thereof being directed along the axis of the track, the remaining two points extending beyond the rails on either side, and the part between the rails extending below their top surface.

4. In combination, a railway car, and a double ballast plow attached to the car adapted to be lowered between the rails, said plow having two points, one directed toward each end of the car.

5. A railway track ballast plow having a diamond shape, two opposite points thereof being directed along the axis of the track and having a runner with rip-turned ends extending longitudinally underneath the plow.

6. A ballast plow for a railway track, comprising an intermediate portion adapted to go between the rails and lateral portions adapted to go above the rails, and having a longitudinal runner with lip-turned ends beneath the plow.

7. In combination, a car, two opposite main ballast plows having their points directed toward the ends thereof, and a double auxiliary ballast plow intermediate of the main plows, each of the main plows and the auxiliary plow being adjustable up and down, the main plows being adapted v 1 l l t to operate above the top level of the rails, and the auxiliary plow being adapted to] operate between and below the top surface of the rails.

8. A ballast plow comprising a diamond shaped bottom, side walls standing up from the edges thereof, and runners underneath the bottom extending parallel to the axis of the diamond.

9. A ballast plow for use on a railway track, comprising a horizontal bottom extending across the track between the rails with lateral extensions thereof above the rails, and side walls standing up around the a bottom.

10. A ballast plow for use on a railway track, comprising a horizontal bottom ex tending across the track between the rails with lateral extensions thereof above the rails, and side walls standing up around the bottom, said bottom having a diamond shape with the axis lying as a mid-parallel between the rails.

11. In combination, a railway car, a plow attached thereto, said plow having a central portion extending substantially from one rail to the other and extending at all points below the upper surface of said rails, and elevated side extensions adapted to rest on the rails.

HARRY S. HART.

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